Student Success
Moving Mountains: 104 Graduate A-B Tech’s High School Equivalency Program
June 14th 2024 More than three hundred people gathered in A-B Tech’s Mission Health Conference Center on Thursday, June 13, some holding squirming children, while others clutched balloons or snapped cell phone photos.
Showing Up For The Showdowns
June 12th 2024 Published in the Edible Asheville Summer 2024 issue
Sky’s the Limit for Human Services Student Jessica Borroel
June 7th 2024 For Jessica Borroel, 42, completing her GED® began as something to pass the time during a two-year prison term.
Chayse Sosa: HSE Graduate and Believer in Second Chances
June 5th 2024 When Chayce Sosa, 43, walked into the testing office at A-B Tech in February she was expecting to score low on her GED® program placement test.
Project SEARCH Intern Lands Job at Biltmore Estate
May 30th 2024 When Sam Thompson, 20, started Project SEARCH last September, the shy intern had trouble expressing himself and was prone to mumbling. Now, nine months later, Thompson, who has autism, was brave enough to speak at his own graduation ceremony on May 28 in Ferguson Auditorium.
A-B Tech Team Wins 2024 American Culinary Federation Southeast Regionals
April 19th 2024 Culinary Team Wins American Culinary Federation Southeast RegionalsA-B Tech’s student culinary team won the American Culinary Federation’s (ACF) Southeast Regional competition in April for an unprecedented 15th time.
For Ukrainian-born A-B Tech Student and Fashion Designer Nataliia Chorna, Embroidery Signifies Home
February 15th 2024 Posted in the Winter/Spring 2024 Issue of Carolina SparkBy Kristin D'Agostino
New SGA President Marianna Flores Hopes to Bring New Life to Campus
February 13th 2024 New Student Government Association President Marianna Flores, 19, knows firsthand the challenges that come with learning a new language and finding her place in the community. When she was just 14 her family moved from El Salvador to North Carolina.
SOARing to New Heights: SOAR Students Earn Continuing Ed Certificate
February 9th 2024 On February 1 an amazing group of students in A-B Tech’s Successful Occupational Achievement Readiness (SOAR) program completed their first Job Preparedness Ski
Pilot Shortage Causes Sky-High Demand For Industry
April 19th 2023 Published on Spectrum News 1 | Charlotte on April 18, 2023 — ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The demand for airline pilots is rising, and so are flights.